Acupuncture In Mount Vernon, WA

Elsa Del Toro, L. Ac.

Welcome to Essential Points Acupuncture (New Smokey Point Location!)

At Essential Points Acupuncture, we strive to provide you with a pleasant, effective, and invigorating treatment. We believe the human body and the human experience can combine to create a self correcting and self enlivening environment; an environment that can produce wonderful results!

If you are ready to utilize all available resources for the betterment of your health, give us a try. Utilizing Five Element Acupuncture, we can provide an independent treatment plan or one that works in conjunction with your physician, chiropractor, physical therapist, or massage therapist.

What can acupuncturists treat?

Published August 11, 2011

Acupuncture is recognized by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to be effective in the treatment of a wide variety of medical problems. Below are some of the health concerns that acupuncture can effectively treat:

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How are acupuncturists educated?

Today, acupuncturists undertake three to four years of extensive and comprehensive graduate training at nationally certified schools. All acupuncturists must pass a national exam and meet strict guidelines to practice in every state.

How safe is acupuncture?

Acupuncture is extremely safe. It is an all-natural, drug-free therapy, yielding no side effects just feelings of relaxation and well-being. There is little danger of infection from acupuncture needles because they are sterile, used once, and then discarded.